Lets sit back and think about what life was like before computers were everywhere. You actually had to send letters via the postal service, go to stores to buy things, and actually visit Uncle Larry at his house instead of at the prison where he is serving time for a hard drive full of illegal images. Any way, even though a mostly computerless world wasn’t that long ago it really is hard to explain to some of the younger generation what a pain it really was. So in honor of the great technology we use everyday I present to you ‘Computers – A Chronological Timeline’. Enjoy!

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Thank you for including Amiga systems in the list! They seem to get ignored fairly often in things like this, and it breaks my heart. I grew up on them - a 3000 saw me through high school. I've never been as fond of a system as I was of the Amiga.

Good list, but you forgot the Atari ST...released the same time as the Amiga. It was a huge seller in the music industry (it had built-in MIDI ports), and was also big in Germany. It sold pretty well in the US, too.

Hey Andy - this is really impressive and I am sure it was a lot of work. We have seen the history of computers before but your format is really perfect for this. My first computer was a Comadore 64. Thanks for putting this together.

Took me awhile to see all the comments, but prefer enjoyed the article. It became very useful to me and read to all the commenters at this point! It's always nice unsuitable for your needs not only be smart, but also engaged! I'm sure you experienced fun writing this content.

Great work !
But... AGC Apollo Guidance Computer - Block I (first version) was born and operative in 1964; AGC Block
II (second version) one year later and was fully operative. In 1968 AGC flown in space for its first time.
Regards

I was asked to put together a legacy data/systems history poster last year for the ARMA International conference. I broke my information into several categories - hardware, software, and wireless. I included radiography, gaming, business machines etc. We matched up on many innovations and I thought your readership might enjoy what I developed and I would appreciate your comments as well. It is a 11X17 double sided PDF available for free download at http://intermountainrecords.com/Documents/Presentations/LEGACY%20POSTER.pdf. It is much harder to include every technological innovation in an article like yours than people could imagine. From someone who also spent months researching this topic, great job!!